Recovered original Jo Zeimet email thread. Bodies preserved verbatim. Message 1: RE: Photos — October 25, 2010, 5:58 PM Which Zeimet photos are those? The sum total of what I took after Mom died were 2 copper candlesticks, a little blue bird figuring that she liked, and an old 30’s vase that Grandma Fuller liked.… Continue reading

For a recent class assignment I had to do some introspection. Maybe you’re interested … Develop a list of the ten most important accomplishments you would like to complete in the remainder of your lifetime. Then rank them in order of importance. To always do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do… Continue reading

Morgan had to write his long and short term goals for an assignment — Long Term Goal: To be a wrestler Short Term Goal: To make paper airplanes Doable? Continue reading

Recovered family correspondence — October 1–2, 2010. Morgan’s Scout popcorn fundraiser reached Jo, who replied that she hoped the young service members would enjoy caramel corn and added, “I salute you, Scout Morgan.” I thanked her and told her that with both kids in Scouts, fundraising was “extra fun” that year. Jo followed up that… Continue reading

From Tyler’s teacher: Hi Mr. and Mrs. Oser, Just wanted to share a story with you, as today we had our Lindenwood students in our classroom doing Shared Reading with the class. One of the students (teacher-in-training) was reading a story to the class entitled “What am I?” It is a nonfiction book that informs… Continue reading

Turns out Tyler could only see the big E at the top of the eye chart. He frequently comments that now everything is so clear. (Thankfully his teacher let us know there was a problem.) Continue reading

So, yes I’ve been a bit MIA lately — so let’s see if I can catch everyone up. Elementary School Update — The boys started school 8/11 and we’re already having parent teacher conferences next week. Morgan has been in trouble at least once a week for “excessive talking” — huge surprise there. Tyler is… Continue reading

OK — can’t find the headrests to Matt’s truck anywhere, we took them off for car seats — I’ve even started dreaming about places they might be, I can tell you exactly where they were two years ago, does that count for anything? And why is it my job to keep track of them anyway?… Continue reading

Recovered family-history correspondence — August 31, 2010. This appears to be the first surviving contact with Dan and Carolyn Ohlson, who later became part of the Zeimet photo/history correspondence. Dan and Carolyn Ohlson wrote: Hi Danielle, We recently got an invitation to be included in a professional network. The address to me was “Zeimet Relatives”.… Continue reading

do not pass go, go right now and make a back-up of your photos or you will find yourself, like me searching like mad for photos of your second son’s first birthday that are nowhere to be found because the zip file is corrupt and the originals are long gone. Continue reading